Tag Archives: USS Cumberland

Uniform-clad tourists got their tickets punched for the Big Easy

  Uniformed Maine tourists arriving in the nation’s capital on Monday, Oct. 27, 1862, soon learned that Uncle Sam had cancelled their round-trip tickets to Bangor. The 26th Maine Infantry boys would be going to New Orleans, instead. A nine-month regiment that mustered at Bangor in early October, the 26th Maine was led by Col. […]

Bristol folk musician resurrects long-forgotten Civil War songs

Concerning Civil War-era music, familiarity breeds memory. Civil War buffs can sing “Dixie,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and “We’ll Rally Round the Flag” with ease because such tunes are part of Civil War lore. But few people — even renowned historians — know the tunes and words of “Fort Washington” or “The Cumberland’s […]